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Meanings of favour (favours) in English

Portuguese
favor
Catalan
favor
Spanish
favor
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Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party.

favor
Portuguese
preferir
Catalan
afavorir
Spanish
preferir

Promote over another.

preferir
Usage of favours in English
1
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he favours the latter approach.
The Irish Times
2
Mr Jones called for a new written UK constitution which favours devolution.
BBC
3
Little plays with the intrigue in the audience; favours behind green hedges.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
4
Where streaming favours mass market films - and it also encourages piracy.
Radio NZ
5
The Gauteng Department of Health is really not doing itself any favours.
The South African
6
Najib favours some form of autonomy for the predominantly ethnic Malay region.
Reuters
7
The cash came with no wish list attached and no favours offered.
The Irish Times
8
As we have seen during Sunday's penalty shootouts, fortune favours the brave.
The South African
9
Thank goodness he had a number of favours he could call in.
The preacher
10
The greatest princes in the land came to beg favours of him.
This Country of Ours
11
History, it was true, didn't seem to have done Plex any favours.
Woken furies
12
The pharmacokinetic model favours once per day dosing with adjustment for weight.
Pubmed
13
The pretty way in which she asks favours carries out the delusion.
The Spinster Book
14
The broker favours stocks in the construction, leisure and general retail sector.
The Irish Times
15
Australia said it favours trade restrictions stopping short of a total ban.
Reuters
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From the same.-She favours him with a meeting in the garden.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6
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Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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